News From the Six Realms #26 - May Progress Update

Hello everyone,

Another month and another release out on time without any major issues, so I think it is safe to say we are starting to get the hang out this. I was a bit worried with the writer issues and having to code everything at the last minute, which is pretty tight, but we are still managing to squeeze everything in. A lot of games that earn more money than we do take longer breaks for similar amounts of content and are still late and buggy, so I'm quite proud of how we have been doing so far.

Speaking of that release, here is a little something of what you can expect - I'm currently working on the Tarish route from the orciad, so there will be some of that, along with the last Alexia dungeon scene. I asked winter to focus of the Batri route of the orciad, so that is his priority, but he's also hoping to get a bit more Helayna material done as well. Rein, as well as our new writer, Phoenix, are both working on resource events for when we extend the map, and nicc is continuing to code the changes to the UI.

Art wise, Erick has very nearly finished the underground map, as you can see above, he just has one more room left to do. He's also doing one of the CGs this month, at the request of winter, as well as looking at ways to improve the world map. Keidi is illustrating more items (again, wips above), and working on a sprite for Jak, the character from the Indarah scene, as he will be making more appearances later. Momdadno has done two CGs already, which the backers have seen, and will be working on a third shortly, and LB has the third wulump CG to do.  

So, quite a mix there, and hopefully something to keep most of you happy. Obviously, I wanted to be done with the Orciad by now, but the issues with writers have bogged that down a bit. I have implemented changes into how these narratives are planned to avoid it happening again though, so hopefully things like this will cause less problems in the future. The new release will be out by the end of the month, probably the 27th.

Lastly, winter has been working on another game, for which he is the writer and creative director called  Cosplay Convention Crisis. 

"Follow Jacob Kirby as his annual trip to Con-Ton the local anime and comic convention goes horribly awry when an interstellar crisis plays out on the floor of the convention. Now, Jacob is the only one who can stop further bloodshed, and since this is a Dating Sim, he must do so by getting to know three cute girls! "

It is being made in Ren'Py, and the plan is to have three selectable heroines, six routes/endings, and over 30 CGs. You can find out more here.